Milling cutter



Sept. 24, 1929. c. G. OLSON 1,729,050

MILLING CUTTER Filed July 8, 1926 f/VVE/VTOR CARL G ULSON ATTYs.

Patented Sept. 24, 1929- can. 6. OLSON, or CHICAGO,

ILLINOIES. ASSIGNOR T ILLINOIS 'r'ooL WORKS, or

CHICAGO, ILLINoIs, A coarona'rron or ILLINOIS MILLING CUTTER Application filed m a, 1926. Serial No. 121,069.

My invention relates to inserted tooth milling cutters, and one of the objects is to provide-a tool having inserted teeth which require no additional parts for holding them in place, and in which the body is'narrower than the teeth. 'Her'etofore difiiculty has been ex- )erienced in mounting teeth in a narrow mill ody, and one of the purposes of the invention is to overcome this difiiculty.

Another object of the invention is to provide a tool of this character in which the teethare self-tightening so thatthe greater the thrust to which they are subjected thegreatcr will be their security-within the mill body.

vide simple and eflicient means for preventing sidewise movement of the cutter teeth in the body. Y

-Still another object is to provide a construction such that the strength of the tooth is greatest near the cutting edges, thereby affording maximum strength for. the amount of metal employed.

A stillfurther object is to provide a construction both of the mill body and cutter teeth which lends itself readily to ordinary manufacturing methods. A further object is to so osition the teeth thatithe cutting edgeswill action. Further objects will become apparent as the description proceeds.

I accomplish my obj (acts by the construction illustratedin the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a side view of a complete cutter broken away at one point to better reveal the construction. j y

.Figure 2 is an edge view of the cutter shown in Figure 1. v

Figure 3 is an expanded view in perspective showing the relative constructions of the teeth and of the slotted disc i'nto which they fit.

- Figure 4 is a perspective view showing the parts of Figure? assembled.

Fi re 5 is. a sectional'view on the line 5-5Figure 1.;

Figure 6 is similar toFigure 5 but shows a form in which the tooth is no wider at the back than at'the body of the cutter. A

A further object of the invention is to pro-- be inclined toward the cut for free- Like numerals denote like out the several views.

According to the selected, design, the body 10 is a disc having the usual center opening 12, hub 13 and keyway 14. In this respect thedesign may be considerably varied and various other bodies 'of revolution may be substituted.

The mill body or cutter body 10 has. a plurality of slots 16, which may extend radially, but by preference are oblique so that the cut.- ter teeth will extend obliquely forward in the cutting direction to promote free action. The slots are tapered or wedge shaped, being narrower at the inner end.

The cutter teeth 18 have straight sides, i. e. are formed from rectangular blocks and are of a width greater than the width of the cut ter body, and project onboth sides from it.

part-s through- A channel 20 is formed at the mid portion of the front of each tooth as best shown in Figure 3;. It has a width equal to the width of the cutter body and is oblique at the bottom to conform to'the taper of the slots. The portions of a tooth which border the channel thus form wings 22 which engage the sides of the cutter body and prevent sidewise movement of the teeth. It will be observed that these wings are on the forward face of the teeth, and that the portion of a tooth which projects beyond the periphery of the cutter body is of the full thickness of the block from which itis formed. By preferencetheslots 16 are deeper than the teeth which prevents the teeth from bottoming before-they become tightly wedged in the cutter body.

The teeth are relieved both .at the top or outer endand at the sides, that is, the teeth are shorter at the back than at the forward cutting edge and are narrower toward the back than. at the front. It will be evident by referring'to Figure 5that the taper n'mv be quite steep and that the back of the teeth ma be obli uely cut away until they are no wi er than t e thickness of the cutter box. f

In operation, the thrustcaused by the reaction of the work'againstthe cutter teeth forces the latter radially inward until they are tightly wedged in the cutter body, and the greater the resistance the greater will be the m en 1r @m onanmeegont tendeney'to lock the teeth iglaeghence the 5; A milling cutter havin a disc-like body teeth'ar'ej-"eelf-tightening. e wings'22-prewith inwardly'eonverging ots arranged apventing sidewise movement of the teeth'and proximately'radially at-the periphery; and hence t e-teeth are very rigi held and cutter teeth .which'are wider than the body yetireq iireno separate fastem'n' evices such and project on bothsij difittrom it, the teeth xfiina, screws, wedges grit .e-lik e.' I 'he having channelsat the mid-portion ta-' co iation; of the.teetli-and of the slots is -'pered to fit wedgingly into the converging v 1;; e and hence. the partsmay be'readily slots-in-the body, the sides of the teeth conp j need by ordinary machine sho' methods. -vergi ng toward the back to producerelief 1o. Figure 61 have shown atoot which is and oger la'pping the sidewalls of the cutter 75 no wider atthe back than the bodylofthelbodyff l cutter. This-.jllustratesfone oithe advan- Gil-A; millingv cutter having apluralityof tages "of my invention and is madelpossible and inwardly convergby the fact thatthe channe of'gthe "iing slots and blades projecting at v 15 is located at the-front inste "of--thej re ii- -hoth'sides from thebodyand'having a front so of the tootln Thus the strengthii's'main -i flat taperedmid-portionborrespondingto the ained,- and at the sametimea've'ry narrow itatpe'rfoffandfittm {into said slots, ?the sides cutter becomes practical. o fthetbladesover lgping the slide wallsr-oi Attention is called-tw n co nding a the cfuttelibody, the ots. being"deeper than; plication for milling cutterigledfihly 8,1926 he teeth topreye'nt; p Serial No. 121,068. lnthe'slot's befofie ybecome'tjghtly wedge Having thus described; nposifiom i:=-:- ,r i, I claim as new and dSl-ie" I A milling cutterhaving a lurality of tens Patent is: p a nwardlyextending and'inwar y converg ILA milling qutter havlng w d y ing;9 d nw ing fa 'redslot's-' and;bl .both' m dis from tliegbod th sides aving-at the I v nt.a.tapereti niid portion Go fv F nding to y the-tapenof and fitting intosai slots, the fron't'a taperedi'mid portn tooth being-ino ivider at'fthe back-than the ting ed e corresf nding {and body1 'offlie tbol. ;:i:;f

V fitting 'mto sai s'l6ts,fthe rOJecting sideS eutterharvingadiscdikebody of the' blades jover the sidetwiillsf formedifiithpripheralslotsQsaid slots beof thcutter' 4 ingfilte'dangulai-lyfwith respectto a radial t 2. A'millin'g cutter abody-of re vline through thejaxrs of the cutter olution with"' taper the periphery. andt ie' front edge'ofthe'slot, said slot hav- 100 converging inwardyand'blades inserted. in; ing front and backwallportions converging ,lwiderthan that/inwardly of the cutter auda cutter tooth dis ii portion'unde'r eachslot, each; tooth having front v the"slots said blades bod -en V f ;'the c1'zjttin ledge.whichis-taperedto-fitthewall portions formed i er ediate the eof 4 slot, the aide'softheblafleg-zo osideiyalls'o verlapping the toprovide a taper .corres nding to that of 105 he-jcutterbody r theslot whereby when t e cutting edge of 4 eiitter'tooth fro the tooth joontacts withthe work the tooth ntiauygparanelsandt wedgein'tifihtlyinto its slot, the sides if of the cutter feet overlapping the side walls tliatt e'f l-"poftio'li-ofj of the disc-like body. 5,

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body for preventing relative sidewise-f movement; the wings extending the..for

{ ward or cutting direction'of the men m tl'iefm th rom bottoming '85 .1 I

ing taperedi'slots and blades. rejecting at so 

